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Posts tagged Illinois Department of Public Health
COVID-19 tiers of relief
State hospital hiring initiative alters metrics, allows more regions to ease restrictions
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Three regions leave Tier 3, ease COVID bans
Northwest, southern Illinois join Quad Cities, Bloomington-Normal in reopening museums, allowing low-risk sports, group fitness
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Pritzker drops next-phase vaccine age limit to 65
Decision driven by concerns over racial equity; regional tier mitigations could be downgraded Jan. 15
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AG Raoul warns against COVID vaccine scams
Guard against rogue offers, as shots are only available through designated health clinics
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Pritzker lays out COVID vaccine plan
Health-care workers, long-term-care residents to get shots first, with focus on 50 counties with top death rates
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Stay-at-home recommendation
IDPH ‘recommends’ Illinoisans work from home, limit outings for next three weeks as COVID cases surge
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COVID threatens statewide teacher crisis
IEA poll finds almost a quarter of teachers across state are considering retirement in pandemic
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New one-day record cracks 500K cases total
Pritzker warns of rising COVID hospitalizations, lauds 100K tests conducted in a day
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Metro East relapse, now joined by Cook suburbs
Six of 11 regions face COVID ‘resurgence mitigation,’ Pritzker warns four others at risk
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'Fight the fatigue,' urges Dr. Ezike
Four regions face renewed COVID restrictions, half of state counties on warning list
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New one-day high for COVID cases
IDPH confirms 4,554 new cases, positivity rate rises above 5 percent, 2,000 hospitalized, 34 counties on coronavirus warning list
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Back to Marko's Fish House!
Metro East returns to Phase 4, allowing indoor dining, after Pritzker praised ‘enormous progress’
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The bar is open in Will, Kankakee counties
Pritzker, IDPH restore Region 7 to Phase 4; COVID warning list trimmed to 24 counties
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Record 5K new cases — is nothing to fret about
State clears testing backlog with 150K processed; 29 counties on warning list
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'It's time to mask up, Illinois'
Pritzker, health officials clamp down on Metro East, warn of Labor Day spread of COVID
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30 counties on notice for COVID, including Cook
State approaches 8,000 deaths in pandemic; suburban Cook, Springfield’s Sangamon County among new additions
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Will, Kankakee counties join Metro East in COVID crackdown
No indoor bar, restaurant service as of Wednesday
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20 counties on notice for COVID
State tops 215,000 cases with 2,208 newly confirmed Friday, along with 24 deaths
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COVID-19: 2,000 a day, 200,000 total
IDPH confirms 2,264 new cases, one day after topping 200,000 total; 14 counties warned
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School supts. balance competing interests, shifting COVID guidelines
‘It’s hugely expensive to follow the guidelines,’ says IARSS president
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